MAPL 630 Labor Organizing

General

• Value the dignity of work and the dignity of all workers.
• Know about some current labor organizing efforts in Minnesota and around the nation, and how workers and organizers are innovating to meet challenges.
• Know credible information sources for research on unions and labor issues.
• Understand the relationship between power and organization and the value of solidarity.
• Understand the fundamental human and legal rights of workers and challenges they face in the U.S. and around the world.
• Know what labor unions are and do in the workplace, in local communities, in the political arena and internationally.
• Be acquainted with the defining events and major themes of U.S. and Minnesota Labor History.
• Understand the difference between institution-building and social movement organizing.
• Grasp the idea of strategic capacity and its sources.
• Appreciate the purpose and value of relational meetings in organizing.
• Be acquainted with other basic labor organizing concepts.